Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-06
FIAS('O.
The Much Talked of Labor Demon
stration in Nav York City in
Honor Of O'B-ien a Failure.
The Irishman Refuses TO Take Up Or,
McGlynn's Cause and Henry
Georges Land Theories.
McGIynn is Chief Spokesman and De
nOuDccs tho Irish Leader

NEW YORK, June 5.-The great labor
demonstration announced to take place
last night In honor of William O'Brien.
was q good deal of a fascO, owing to tire
fact the labor people insisted that the
cause of Rev. DR.. MyGlynn be approving
ly introduced into the resolutions to be
adopted at the Union Square meet
ing and that Henry Georges
land theories should also be
advocated. When Mr.. O'Brien locked
through the resolutions and erased the
DIR. McGlynn and Henry George theory,
topics, especially that which
spoke Of the persecution Of
MCGlynn, he sent them back to
the committee that prepared them. The
committee became angry, and had an
extended wrangle over what should be
done. Lawyer Louis F. Post, who was
to introduce Mr. O'Brien at the meeting,
declared he would not attend the meet
ing unless the resolutions We're read in
their originafshape-
THEY WERE MODIFIED.
however: Later, Mr.. OiBrien learned
that John McMackin, who presided
at two lectures delivered by
P. j. lyman, the alleged "No. l"
of the Phenix park murder
notoriety, was to preside at the Union
square meeting. he at once resolved to
have nothing to do with any committee
that COuntenanced McMackin, and made
his resolve known. The committee,
however, determined to throw over
O'Brien rather than McMackin, who
conducted henry Georges cam
paign last fall. The result
was that O'Brien did rot appear either
in the parade or at the meeting The
parade was composed of 10000 process
sionists, who moved down the avenue
headed by the Sixth regiment, TO the
platform in the Union square, where the
meeting w6s held and speeches were
made. There were assembled g. least
10000 people, among them
many women. % the piazza
OF a cottage on the plaza at
the upper end of the square were DR. Nc
Glynn, John MCMackin, chairman Of the
executive committee Of the United Labor
party in this city; DR.. Edward Malone,
state delegate Of the Irish National
League; Rev. c. 2. Mccarthy land Mrs
MaCGathen, widow Of the late war CORE
spondent. McMackin, president, de-
liYered the opening speech. James p.
Archibald, who next spoke said that if
O'Brien had any feeling in common with
the people he would never have
INSULTBD THE LABOR PARTY
by refusing to speak on the same platform
as John McMackin. DR.. McGlynn, who was
loudly cheered, on rising to speak, said
they had assembled to greet O'Brien
not as man or individual, for many of
them knew little about him and cared
less for him personally, but for the sake
of the cause he represented. If 0'Brien
had been so i'll advised they did not
blame him as they did those who advised
him. 1t was 4 shocking thing, after hav-
ing been honored by an invitation of the
United Labor party, Knights of Labor
aud Central labor Union, to dare to die
tate to them and scratch and cross out
portions of their resolutions in the mes
sage they wished to send to the people Of
Ireland in sympathy with their wrongs.
After DR.. McGlynn's speech the resolu-
tions as modified were read and adopted
Speeches were also made by Rabbi
Browne, Rev. Charles p. Mccarthy, Mrs
Marguerite Moore and others.